Just as the so-called "penny for a penny", in general, the performance of NBA players and the contract obtained will not be too different, high salary low energy and low salary high energy are only a minority, when a player with a basic salary contract, it is difficult to play an All-Star performance, so is there a case of players with a basic salary contract selected as an All-Star? There are really three players who have done it, and they have been selected as All-Stars with their super popularity, but this situation is difficult to have again.
First place: Michael Jordan
Jordan announced his retirement after leading the Bulls to victory in 1998, and on September 25, 2001, Jordan announced his comeback again and signed a 2-year contract with the Washington Wizards, a veteran base salary contract with an annual salary of $1 million for the first year and $1.03 million for the second year.
With Jordan's influence, he deserved a bigger contract, but when the Wizards owner promised him shares, Jordan was willing to accept a comeback from a base-pay contract. In the Wizards' two seasons, Jordan is 38 and 39 years old, although he can still contribute an average of 20+ per game, but the shooting rate does not exceed 45%, and he did not lead the Wizards to the playoffs, such a performance is difficult to be selected as an All-Star, but he is Michael Jordan.
In the 2001-2002 season, Jordan averaged 22.9 points, 5.7 rebounds, 5.2 assists, 1.4 steals per game, shooting 41.6 percent from the field, and was named to the All-Star starting lineup with his popularity. In the 2002-2003 season, Jordan's last season in the NBA, he averaged 20 points, 6.1 rebounds, 3.8 assists, 1.5 steals and 0.5 blocks per game, shooting 44.5% from the field, Jordan was again voted all-Star by fans, but did not enter the All-Star starting lineup.
Iverson and Maddy and many other juniors wanted to give up the All-Star starting position to Jordan, but Jordan refused, but then he accepted Carter's concession, and Jordan became an All-Star starter again, but unfortunately he did not get the All-Star MVP trophy created by the league for him.
Second place: Aaron Iverson
Iverson didn't fare well after leaving the 76ers, making two consecutive playoff first-round trips during the Nuggets, then being traded to the Pistons before being relegated to a substitute late in the season, iverson broke with the team and pistons management excluded him from the playoff roster on the pretext of injury.
Iverson signed with the Grizzlies at the end of the season, in the 3 games for the Grizzlies, Iverson shot 57.7% of the shooting percentage, but Iverson's style of play is incompatible with the team, Iverson is also worried about his own replacement for Conley, the Grizzlies executives decided to terminate the one-year contract with Iverson, Iverson became a free agent again, the disheartened Iverson announced his retirement, but a day later he retracted his decision to retire.
On December 3, 2009, after a four-year absence, Iverson returned to the 76ers, averaging 13.9 points, 3 rebounds, 4.1 assists, 0.7 steals and 0.1 blocks per game, shooting 41.7% from the field, which was not satisfactory for the All-Star, but he won a lot of fan support and was eventually selected to the All-Star bench.
Unfortunately, due to his young daughter's strange illness, high fever, and absence from the All-Star and Games, Iverson terminated the remaining contract with the 76ers in order to take care of his daughter.
Third place: Dwyane Wade
At the 2019 All-Star Game, there were two veterans , Dirk Nowitzki and Dwyane Wade , who didn't play all-Star level that season, but both got extra places on the All-Star game.
At that time, Nowitzki was not on the veteran's basic salary contract, so it was no longer within the scope of the inventory. Wade qualified, having received a $1.47 million base salary contract for veterans the previous season and a $2.39 million base salary contract for the 2018-2019 season.
That season was Wade's final season in the NBA, where he averaged 15 points, 4 rebounds, 4.2 assists, 0.8 steals and 0.5 blocks per game, shooting 43.3 percent from the field. Since Wade revealed at the beginning of the season that he would retire after the season, many fans wanted to see him appear on the All-Star game and voted for him.
Wade received more than 1.7 million votes in the Eastern Guard vote, ranking second in the Eastern Guard, behind Kyrie Irving, but the league's voting rules have changed, the fan vote can only account for 50%, and finally in the media voting session, Wade was overtaken by other more outstanding defenders, fortunately, the league gave him and Nowitzki the green light, so that the two veterans once again appeared on the All-Star stage.
After the inventory, it can be found that the three players who take the basic salary but are selected as all-stars are superstars, and the individuals are popular, even if their performance does not reach the level of all-stars, they can still be selected as all-stars with super popularity, but as the league modifies the voting rules, the votes of fans cannot completely determine whether a player can appear on the all-star stage.